(1) Tie up, join together, link. Restrain, shackle. The shackles of the afflictions; defilement. That which binds and fetters sentient beings. Delusion (samyojana). (2) A reference to the 'ten fetters' 十结: desire, anger, pride, false views, doubt, attachment to discipline, attachment to existence, jealousy, parsimony, ignorance. (3) A contract, a bond. (4) Give birth to, produce (pratisam!dhi). To give fruit, to finish. (5) Rolled hair. (6) The fifth part of the five part syllogistic method of the Old School of Buddhist Logic 因明.